Dollar's Drop Hurts Stocks

Updated Jan. 5, 1999 3:37 a.m. ET

TOKYO -- Stocks fell for the second day in a row Tuesday as the weakness of the dollar against the yen sent export-sensitive technology and automobile shares tumbling.

The Nikkei 225 average lost 183.15, or 1.4%, to 13232.74, after plunging 426.28 in shortened trading Monday. Volume on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange was estimated at a moderate 340.86 million shares. Decliners outnumbered advancers 829 to 299, while 147...